Regina adds 520 series Z-Ring chain to lube-free HPE range
Having presented its innovative and revolutionary Z-Ring High Performance Endurance HPE chain in September 2020, given the success achieved in the past two years with 525 chains and driven by the numerous requests of enthusiasts, Italian manufacturer Regina is now announcing that it has extended the range to also include 520 applications.
This addition to the range means that not only will Regina's distributors and their dealers be able to gain another good slice of the market - both HPE chains together represent access to some 85% of available sales - but thanks to the important production volumes that will now be achieved, Regina has thus succeeded in developing economies of scale, which have allowed the Italian manufacturer to reduce HPE production costs.
Despite the difficulties caused by the continuous increases in raw materials and energy costs at this time, Regina Chain - which still makes 100% of its motorcycle chains in Italy - has nevertheless decided to share this production benefit with the market, making the entire HPE range much more accessible to all end-users by reducing HPE product sales prices to the public.
The chains in the HPE range - the first in the world to allow the elimination of the periodic relubrication traditionally needed every 1,000 km with standard chains - have found considerable success among motorcyclists for both the remarkable convenience of the lube-free concept and for the unique durability and performance characteristics of the product.
Regina's CEO, Paolo Garbagnati, told IDN: "Numerous laboratory and road tests show that the HPE chain achieves a useful life at least equivalent, if not superior, to that of a traditional Z-Ring chain that needs to be regularly relubricated.
"The reduction of energy dissipation and increase of the efficiency of the chain drive obtained by combining the high hardness of the coated surface with a low coefficient of friction results in improved chain performance and reliability.
"The hydrogen-free Tetrahedral Amorphous Carbon (ta-C) coating offers better performance of the motorcycle - which translates to lower fuel consumption - than the use of a traditional chain thanks to our use of what is currently considered the most advanced of the DLC (Diamond Like Carbon) coatings.
"We apply this to the surfaces of the bushes and rollers of HPE chain. The elimination of chain cleaning operations and lubricant splashes while driving minimise the environmental impact and tedious routine maintenance operations." The 520 HPE chain will be available from the end of October 2022.
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